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What Entropy Means to Me: Available Copies

1st printing, June 1973; #Q5504. Cover art by Fernando Fernandes. Creasing; tanning; light lean; store stamp inside cover

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55

Very mild shelfwear. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!

Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.75

Signed and personalized on title page. Bumped at heel of spine. Remainder speckle on bottom of book. Jacket heavily scuffed with significant edgewear, stained back cover, pressure dent on back cover.

fine , in a fine dust jacket , , bumped and rubbed corners, rear soiling

First edition , first printing ,1972 , NY. A fine book in the original binding. Clean with contents excellent. In a near fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing at the lower edge of the jacket Not price clipped. This book has been Signed by the Author on the title page.

First edition. Foxing on topedge, cloth along top and bottom edges abraded, very good in a very good dust jacket with modest edgewear, and a slightly sunned spine. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Bob- in commemoration of the Big Four-Oh! Many Happy Returns! George." The author's first novel.

Inscribed by Effinger on the title page to "Horseclans" author, "For Bob Adams, with best wishes. George Alec Effinger." Very light spots of foxing along the top of the text block. Slight musty odor. Near fine in near fine, bright dust jacket.

SIGNED! Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 191pp. Signed by author George Alec Effinger on title page. Very Good book and Near Good dust jacket. Purple sprinkle remainder marking to the bottom-edge. A few stains on the boards from the remaindering. In protective mylar cover. Douglas D. Fratz's custom book label on title page. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Effinger's first book. This copy inscribed by the author on the title page. Some rubbing along the spine and remainder spray to the bottom of the page block. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. ". an elaborate, multilayered work, combining elements of space opera, family romance and quest fable within a self-referential discourse about the impulsions and restraints of creation." - John Clute and David Pringle, SFE (online). ". a structural tour de force ." - Hazel Pierce. The author's first book and his best-known early work. 1972 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2204) II-362. Purple remainder spray to bottom edge of text block, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#165599)

191pp. Cloth. The author's first book. Remainder spray to bottom edge. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 1981, 3-296.; Octavo.

New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.85

In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A presentation copy with a prepublication signed inscription by Effinger to Ned Brooks on the front free endpaper: "To Ned / Thanks --- / Hope you like it! / George Alec Effinger / 5-27-72." ". an elaborate, multilayered work, combining elements of space opera, family romance and quest fable within a self-referential discourse about the impulsions and restraints of creation." - John Clute and David Pringle, SFE (online). ". a structural tour de force ." - Hazel Pierce. The author's first book and his best-known early work. 1972 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2204) II-362. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#159359)

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A presentation copy with a prepublication signed inscription by Effinger to David G. Hartwell on the front free endpaper: "To Dave Hartwell: / A good friend 'with many / parallels for today.' Remember / all the fun we had in chem 101. / RNA, / George Alec Effinger / 5-27-72." ". an elaborate, multilayered work, combining elements of space opera, family romance and quest fable ." - John Clute and David Pringle, SFE (online). ". a structural tour de force ." - Hazel Pierce. The author's first book and his best-known early work. 1972 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2204) II-362. Review slip laid in. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A superb association copy. (#157401)